Chinese Company Begins Construction Work On New Lagos Airport Terminal

The federal government has started the plan to realise the goal of making Lagos a West African hub with the construction of additional and modern terminal by the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company ( CCECC).
FAAN yesterday mobilised to site at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to begin work on the project..
The commencement of preliminary work by the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company at the Lagos International Airport is part of the agreement the federal government signed with the Chinese Government for the development of five ultra modern international airport terminals in
major cities including Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano.
Confirming the development yesterday at the project site, General Manager , Corporate Communications , FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati explained that the Chinese firm has started preliminary work on the project, which includes soil test, and site mapping carried out at the site.
Dati said : “ Work has commenced on the project for the construction of a new international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja with the mobilisation to site today, of the project contractors, Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).
However, the intervention of men of Nigeria Police, Murtala Muhammed Airport Command, helped to calm tension at the Lagos airport following the forceful take-over of a piece of land by FAAN.
On Sunday, the Police chased away the Chinese firm from the property.
AIC Limited has kicked over the invasion of its site at the Lagos International Airport alleging that FAAN describing the take over of the land for its proposed hotel as an impunity.
Speaking in an interview, the director of AIC Limited, Mr Niyi Akande, said FAAN violated its lease agreement by granting access to the Chinese company to get to its site.
Recall that the Government of Nigeria and China signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of five ultra modern international terminals at the country’s major international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Kano and Port Harcourt , as part of the transformation agenda in the aviation sector.